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Farm‐work hazard prevention efforts by school‐based agricultural education instructors
Author(s) -
Chapman Larry J.,
Schuler Ronald T.,
Wilkinson Terry L.,
Skjolaas Cheryl A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700280411
Subject(s) - coursework , medicine , work (physics) , hazard , medical education , occupational safety and health , agricultural education , agriculture , personal protective equipment , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , engineering , surgery , covid-19 , mechanical engineering , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
Objective: To assess current prevention efforts, we examined agricultural work‐related safety and health activities by school‐based agricultural education instructors in Wisconsin. Methods: Questionnaires were administered to 284 high school agricultural education instructors. Results: Instructors taught agricultural safety and health to 61.5 students during 20.4 hours during the previous year. Extension agents were used most often as resources during preparation and presentation of coursework. Only a minority of instructors (13.6%) agreed that modifying the work to eliminate hazards should be emphasized over training people to work safely around hazards. After issues of time pressures and lack of student interest, the most important problems the instructors felt they faced were the needs for materials and other resources. Conclusion: Safety education alone is unlikely to reduce injuries unless unsafe conditions are modified. Instructors need to emphasize teaching of skills in hazard recognition, identification, and control. Instructors felt they could be more effective with better materials and more time for injury and disease prevention.